The transaction marks the first time a top-five RIA has acquired a top-five retirement plan adviser firm, which could send Creative Planning's rivals scrambling to find larger RPAs.
Opponents of Washington's long-term care insurance program are claiming that it violates a handful of laws.
Seven industry notables offer their views on what the financial advice business will look like in coming years.
The 15% hike in the Medicare Part B premium is one of the largest annual increases in Medicare’s history, as COVID-related expenses and a new Alzheimer drug drive costs higher.
At the same time, the average IRA balance saw a slight uptick. A recent survey shows many people have low estimates of how much they will need to retire, and a paper explores the need to update the 4% rule.
As more advisers and pundits lean toward heavier allocations to stocks over bonds, there are still ways and reasons to benefit from fixed income.
The deal expands Creative Planning’s presence in the retirement plan business by about $110 billion and gives it access to the large-plan segment of the 401(k) market.
ESG is only used in 5% of corporate DC plans, according to Callan. Use by institutional investors also varies a lot by geography.
Contributions to health savings accounts can trip up enrollment after the age of 65.
The legislation would also expand access to workplace plans by creating more opportunities for part-time workers to join and allowing 403(b) plans to participate in multiple-employer and pooled employer plans.
Last week’s announced purchase of Newport Group by Ascensus comes on the heels of Empower’s purchases of MassMutual’s and Prudential’s record-keeping divisions.
The law firms that filed the case point to record-keeping fees that were higher than those for other plans they identified.
The IRS is also increasing the income ranges for eligibility to make deductible contributions to traditional and Roth IRAs, as well as to claim the Saver’s Credit.
Congress has retirement accounts in its sights for future tax increases, but financial advisers can help their clients make some defensive moves now.
As retirement plans shifted from employer funded to employee funded, that has also happened over the past decade with health care plans.
Does it make sense for advisers to enter this space and compete? Sending those clients off platform and hoping to get them back when work separation occurs seems illogical.
There's a war for talent heating up, fueled by the Great Resignation and more workers retiring as a result of the pandemic, which makes benefits more important than ever.
Areas with high racial diversity, concentrations of low-wage jobs, higher mortality rates and other factors tend to have lower employment rates for people 60 to 69, according to a recent NBER paper.
The rollover recommendation disclosures will 'get Monday-morning quarterbacked every time the market takes a dive,' one lawyer noted.
The new OneConnect product allows plan advisers to act in a 3(21) or 3(38) role.
